Rosstat for the first time named the regions with the greatest shortage of doctors

The Kamchatka Territory, Smolensk and Pskov regions became leaders among Russian regions in the number of unfilled vacancies for doctors, nurses and paramedics at the end of 2018. The biggest problems with personnel are in ambulances.

Rosstat for the first time published data on regions where there is a shortage of medical personnel, writes RBC. At the end of 2018, there were about 50 thousand vacancies for doctors in Russia and about the same number of offers for nursing staff. In half of the regions, every twentieth vacancy of senior and mid-level medical staff was not filled, and in six - every tenth.

The greatest shortage of doctors was recorded in Kamchatka (20% of unfilled vacancies) and in the Smolensk region (18%). The Pskov region is in third place; the share of available vacancies is not indicated. In total, by the end of 2018, about 10% of the salaries of doctors and 4% of the salaries of paramedical staff were free in Russia. The ambulance service experienced the greatest problems with personnel: every fourth vacancy remained unfilled.

According to the founder of the job search service SuperJob, Alexey Zakharov, there are 1.6 resumes for one doctor vacancy in Russia, and three resumes for one vacancy for nursing staff. The largest gap between supply and demand is observed in the Southern, Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts: there are only 0.6-0.8 resumes per vacancy.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Tatyana Golikova admitted that in many regions the optimization of healthcare was carried out unsuccessfully. According to the Center for Strategic Research, significant healthcare reforms are not expected until the mid-2020s. Modernization awaits only those programs, the refusal of which threatens social protests.